Heat register



April 22, 1924. 1,491,469

J. B. DRISCOLL.

HEAT REGISTER Filed July 29, 1921 pri 22 v1924.

J. B. DRSCOLL HEAT REGISTER Filed July 29.l 1921 sheets-sheet a t www.:

Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

UNITED STATES Josnrnn. nnIscoLL, or otrrron; rouen, VIRGINIA.

H34? REGISTER.,

Application ledpJ'uly 29, 1921. Serial No. 488,417.

To all 'Lo/wm it may concern Be it knownthat I, J osnPH B. DRrsooLL, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of Clifton Forge, inthe county ofAlleghany and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heat Registers, of which the following isa specicati'on.

This invention relates to heat registers especially adapted for use in connection with the so-called onefpipefurnaces.

As iswell known the heat from the one pipe vfurnace is directedupwardly through a centralconduit on top of thefurnace and the cool air supplied to the furnace Vis drawn through an annular Achamber surrounding the hot air conduit.' However the constant flow of -cool air into the. said annular chamber creates an objectionable draft in the room from which the cool air is takenandin many .cases .the flow of' the cold air along the floor to the annular cold air receiving chamber is so objectionable that it is impossible to sit near theregister and enjoy the heat radiating from the central hot air conveying conduit on top of the furnace,`

A further objection tothe use. of the one pipe furnace is 'thefact'that the hot yair from the furnace rises to the upper floorsof the house or building ,within whlch the furnace islocated so that theilowerwiloors are not uniformly heated until the upper floors are thoroughly heated.

Therefore, an important object of this invention is to provide novel means whereby the heat from a pipeless furnace may be discharged into -the room in such a manner thatv the vsaine will not rise to the top or upper portion of the house withoutY rst heating the lower floors.

A further object is to: provide a register wherein .a portion of the heat penetrates the outer wall ofthe same and uniformly heats thevroom Adurin the passage ofthe heat through the reglster whereby a substantial saving in fuel is brought about.

Further the invention I aims to provide novel'means whereby the cold air for the furnace may lbe takenfrom. a room remote from the room into which the heated air discharges. By thisarrangement the-oirculag tion of air is maintained and' the objectionable drafts of Acold` airin the. main room of? the house are eliminated.

A. further object is to provide a heater which is neat in appearance, of highly simplied constructionand cheap to manui Figure 2` Ais a vertical sectional view through the heaterapplied, the view also illustrating a portion'of,thefhotV air furnace.r r i A i v Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3,-3 ofv Figure 2.

In the'l drawing wherein for thepurpose of illustration is shown'a preferred embodiment of the invention thenulneral 5 generallyy designates a pipeless furnace havingA its upper portion vprovided with the usual hot air conveying conduit' 6 about which is arranged a cold`a1r receivlng chamber or passage- 7 which transmits thejcold air from the room' 8 to the furnace to be heated thereby. Ordinarily the heated air passes from the conduit 6 throughfthe registerdirectly into the room andk risesf to the upper lfloors of the-houseV without properly heating the llower floor.. The cold vair. about the floor is drawn into the cold air receiving chamber 7. and creates a constanty draft which is highly objectionable `to"those in thev room Y provided with the register. i Therefore, I have providedfa detachable register 1,0 to be arranged over the stationary register and the said register 10 includes afbaseplate 11 which extends over the upper -end of the yair passage 7 and v thereby preventsvv the cold air from, leaving the room and entering the cold airpass'agev The base platell therei foreservesms asupporting means for the register 10-and 4alsofa/s -a means for'closing the-upper end ofthe chamber 7.."V n

As illustratedA in Figure 2 a` stackl2 eX- tends centrally 'from the base plate 1l and is aligned'with the hot air conduit 6 to receive the -heated'air-from the furnace.` ,The/upper end" offthe stack l2 terminates below a'bale 14 in the nature of a tube having its upper end closed as indicated at 15. The sides of the baiile 14 extend beyondthe sides of the stack 12 and theV lower end of the baille is open so as to permit of the dischargcof the heated air adjacent the floor. As the air is directed downwardly by the baffle 14e the lower iioor of the house will be heated before the movement of the heated air to the upper floors ot the house. The baille 14 is sup ported in spaced relation to the stack V12 and in spaced relation to the floor by means of a plurality of radial brackets 18 secured to the stach and having upwardly directed terminal portions 19 which are engaged with the lower `end of the baille 14e The brackets 18 not only serve as a supporting means for the baille but as a supporting means for a dust absorbing member 20 which is of annular formation and of any desired material. However, the dust excluding member 20 is sufficiently porous to permit of the passage of the heated air through the same. When desired the annular dust collecting member 2O may be removed for the purpose of cleaning the dust picked up from the heated air passing through the same. A further object of the dust collecting member 2O is to uniformly distribute the heated air in the room or more specifically to provide for the uniform discharge or the heated air from the outlet end of the bae 14.

In carrying out the invention, one or more pipes 220 are connected to the cold air passage 7 and are also connected with a register 21 fitted in the floor of a room other than the room into which the heated air discharges. rllhis arrangement provides for the constant circulation of air through the house and eliminates the cold draft in the room which is provided with the hot air register. 1

In the summer the register 10 may be removed and a rug placed over the register which is permanently embedded in the floor.

The improved register 10 does not mar the appearance of the room within which the same is arranged and in fact the register may be provided withV ornamental fluting or any kind of ornaments.

In operation the heat is prevented from discharging too rapidly from the register and thereby causes a portion of the heat to penetrate the outer wall of the same. By reason of this construction a substantial saving in fuel is brought about.

In other words the heat is retarded when passed through the register and a portion is caused to penetrate the wall of the same and thereby uniformly heat the room after the manner in which a stove heats a room.

ttention is directed to Figure 2 which illustrates that the upper end of the baille is closed so that the heat is caused to move downwardly and out through the open lower end of the baille. It will be seen that the heat is discharged upon the metallic base plate 11 and therefore does not in any way mar the floor surrounding the furnace register. Furthermore by closing the upper end of the baille the heat is discharged rather close to the floor and consequently does not-reach the vicinity of the ceiling as early as it otherwise would.

In summarizing it will be seen that the sole outlet for the heat`is at the bottom of the body 10 and this heat is directed onto the base plate 11 which extends a substantial distance beyond the register and consequently overlies the flooring adjacent the register so as to protect the flooring from the heat of the furnace. It will be seen that the closed upper end causes all the heated air which passes through the centrally arranged conduit 12 to pass downwardly out through the lower end of the body 10 andy thus the baseV plate 11 not only forms a supporting means for the heater or register but also as a baille for the heat and as a means to close theA cold air conduit of the one pipe furnace. By so arranging then parts that the base plate performs the three separate and distinct functions enumerated above the utility and usefulness of the register is greatly increased.

I claim i.-

1. A register for one pipe furnaces comprising a .base plate adapted to extend over and close the upper end of a cold air passage in the stack of a one pipe furnace, said plate being provided with an opening surrounding the upper end of the hot air conduit of the furnace, a stack supported by said base plate, a baifle of tubular formation surrounding said stack and having its upper end closed' and arranged in spaced relation to said stack, radial brackets carried by said stack and supporting said baille, and a dust collecting member carried by said brackets and being porous to permit of the passage of the heated air, said brackets supporting the baille in spaced relation to the base plate.

2. The combination with a one-pipe furnace having a central hot air passage and an annular cold air passage, of a register having a base plate extending over and closing the cold air passage and having a central opening aligned with the hot air passage whereby the hot air may flow into the room having the register and a cold air pipe connected to the cold air passage and adapted to conduct cold air from another room. Y

A supplemental register for one pipe furnaces comprising a base plate adapted to extend over and close the upper end of the annular cold air inlet conduit in a one-pipe distance beyond the register of the one-pipe 10 furnace, a stack mounted on the plate and furnace to protect the adjacent flooring from aligned with the central hot air outlet of the heat discharged by said baiie, brackets the furnace, a baille receiving the stack and' carried by said stack and supporting the having its upper end closed and its lower baffle in spaced relation to the stack, and

end open for the discharge of heat, the a dust collecting member mounted on said 15 open lower end of the battle being adapted brackets and disposed in the path of travel to discharge the heat onto said base plate, of the heat.

said base plate being extended a substantial JOSEPH B. DRISCOLL 

